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Z-Link cable - question

Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2023 4:29 am
by hifiboom
recently i bought an xite-1 and i want to connect via Z-Link cable to my A16.

If I don't get it wrong, z-Link cable = firewire cable.

So I am going to buy one, but what is the right one ? 6P or 9P connector?

Re: Z-Link cable - question

Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2023 7:06 am
by nebelfuerst
It's 6 pin.

Re: Z-Link cable - question

Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2023 8:32 am
by yayajohn
Congrats hifiboom, great to see you back here again

Re: Z-Link cable - question

Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2023 10:25 am
by Bud Weiser
hifiboom wrote: Thu Apr 13, 2023 4:29 am recently i bought an xite-1 and i want to connect via Z-Link cable to my A16.
Congrats and welcome to the club, hifiboom.
I have a S|C "blackface" A16U connected to XITE-1 w/ 2 short 6-pole FiWi cables.
Both in a (small) rack,- works perfect.

:)

Bud

Re: Z-Link cable - question

Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2023 10:45 am
by astroman
With that type of plug only do connections with both devices powered down.
There is some tolerance of plug/socket that can lead to wrong power connections.
I’ve seen at least half a dozen fried circuit boards for that reason (external HD enclosures).

congrats to your Xite 8)

Re: Z-Link cable - question

Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 5:44 am
by hifiboom
okay my new studio is working fine, now with Xite-1 connected to A16 via Z-Link.

Pretty nice! Love it ;)

Re: Z-Link cable - question

Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:22 am
by yayajohn
Great! You're all set now. Time to feel the ultimate power of the Sharc Universe!!!
(then get back to work on that SDK! :D :D :D)

Just kidding of course.
You did some really fine work on that Classic Filter Delay way back when.

Cheers

Dan

Re: Z-Link cable - question

Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 8:39 am
by hifiboom
I can not even start SDK at the moment.

Licence is on my Scope Pro Board. Acually i have the raw XITE-1, then a scope pro board with all that extra stuff. But i guess licensing is not across PCI to XITE-1

I would also like to open my development projects.